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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) received widespread praise on social media Wednesday for her takedown of Linda McMahon during the education secretary's defense of the Trump administration's plan to slash $4.5 billion from the nation's K-12 schools.

McMahon, a billionaire thanks to her involvement with World Wrestling Entertainment, testified before the House Appropriations Committee, echoing the administration's talking points on "waste, fraud, and abuse."

McMahon said the school cuts and Trump-directed dismantling of her department would "shrink bureaucracy and empower states 'to manage education in this country,'” The New York Times reported. ...

Three Democratic lawmakers could lose their committee seats after rushing into a New Jersey detention facility last week in support of undocumented migrants being held by ICE, Fox News Digital reported Tuesday.

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced a resolution on Tuesday that would remove Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) from the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. (D-NJ) from the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) from the House committees on Small Business and Homeland Security, the report said.

Carter told the outlet, "The radical left has lost their minds – they would rather raid an ICE facility to defend criminal illegal immigrants than represent their own constituents. This behavior constitutes an assault on our brave ICE agents and undermines the rule of law. The three members involved in this stunt do not deserve to sit on committees alongside serious lawmakers."...